BHRC hosts discussion on 20 Years of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

To mark the 20-year anniversary of the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the Bar Human Rights Committee hosted a panel discussion on internal displacement and international law. The event looked at the IDP crisis in Nigeria and BHRC’s recent training for Nigerian lawyers working with IDPs in North-Eastern Nigeria. The discuss began with remarks...

BHRC joins international legal community in an open letter to Turkish authorities in support of Turkish lawyers on the Day of the Lawyer in Turkey

  The Bar Council of England and Wales, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), the International Association of Lawyers (UIA), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), and the Law Society of England and Wales have sent an open letter to Turkish authorities raising concerns over the rising number of cases...

BHRC signs onto oral statements to Special Rapporteurs on Torture and HRD

BHRC has signed onto joint oral statement to the Special Rapparteurs on Torture and Human Rights Defenders made at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statements were delivered by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on behalf of  BHRC, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Union Internationale des Avocats...

BHRC conducts training for Nigerian lawyers on the rights of IDPs

BHRC conducted a pilot training for lawyers from the North Eastern branches of the Nigerian Bar Association on the legal rights and protections of internally displaced persons. The training was conducted by Kirsty Brimelow QC, chairperson of BHRC, and BHRC members Dr. Tunde Okewale MBE and Jelia Sane. They were supported by BHRC Executive Officer...

BHRC and the Bar Council  sent a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei calling for the release of lawyers and other persons arrested for their work defending others’ rights. The letter raised particular concern for Abdolfattah Soltani and Narges Mohammadi who have spent their legal careers advocating for the rule of law in Iran. Abdolfattah Soltani, the lawyer and co-founder with...

Russia’s leading human rights organisation, Memorial, suffers an arson attack on its Ingushetia office just one week after the arrest of its Chechnya director. In the early morning hours of 17 January, masked arsonists destroyed the Ingushetia office of Russia’s leading human rights organisation, Memorial. The Ingushetia office opened in 2000 as people fled Chechnya to escape the...